COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - The Columbus Division of Police identified the officer who fired his gun in a Thursday morning shootout with another man. A spokesperson for CPD said Friday that of all of the responding officers, Thomas Hammel was the one who shot Raymond Richard Hampton, 26, in the Tee Jaye's Country Place parking [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WMCH) -- The Columbus City Council is considering two proposals from the Columbus Department of Public Safety that would add restrictions on mobile food vendors and community noise in the Short North. The proposal pertaining to food vendors would limit their hours of operation, requiring vendors to close by 2 a.m. instead of [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A man convicted of murdering his wife in an Ohio Metro Park in 2021 faces up to life in prison. Santiago Martinez was found guilty of murder in Franklin County Court Friday in the death of his wife, Alexandra Berrios. According to the prosecutor's office, Martinez testified that on March 22, [...]
DELAWARE, Ohio (WCMH) -- A 66-year-old man was indicted Thursday on charges related to the stabbing of a married couple at a Powell assisted living facility. A Delaware County jury indicted Gebru Berihun, a resident of Abbington of Powell Assisted Living, on attempted murder and assault charges after sheriff's deputies arrested him for allegedly stabbing [...]
High pressure in the Northeast will pump mild air into the Ohio Valley, as low pressure in the southern Plains moves northeast. Gusty southwesterly winds will push temperatures into the mid-70s across Ohio, with some high clouds. Readings tonight will stay in the mild 50s, as clouds increase. A Wind Advisory is in effect for [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The Ohio high school football playoffs roll into week two for the regional quarterfinals as teams continue their ques to winning a state championship. Below is a look at the 12 games that will be featured on Football Friday Nite at 11:15 p.m. on NBC4. Regional Quarterfinal games on FFN Gahanna [...]
GALION, Ohio (WCMH) -- Crawford County deputies seized $10,000 worth of narcotics and detained two adults at a Galion home on Thursday. Jalil Holt, 37, and Jessica Foust, 34, were arrested after deputies with the Crawford County Sheriff's Office found 95 grams of suspected cocaine, fentanyl, prescription drugs and marijuana in their home on the [...]
The video above is the Sunday, Oct. 30 episode of NBC4’s political show “The Spectrum with Colleen Marshall.” COLUMBUS, Ohio (WMCH) – Republican J.D. Vance surpassed his Democratic opponent by a hair in Ohio’s latest U.S. Senate poll. Conducted from Tuesday to Thursday, a Cygnal survey of nearly 1,500 likely Ohio voters released Friday found [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — This weekend marks the end of daylight saving time and the beginning of standard time in central Ohio and many parts of the U.S. This change means that on Sunday, November 6 at 2 a.m. clocks will fall back one hour, giving most of the country a later, more sunlight-filled morning, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A woman who caused the death of two adults and an unborn child in 2020 was sentenced Friday morning. Kimberly Renee Mantkowski, 58, will serve a minimum of 14 years with a maximum sentence of 16 years on three counts of aggravated vehicular homicide, to be served consecutively, and two counts [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Saturday's Powerball drawing is the largest jackpot in history after no one matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing. The Powerball jackpot is now estimated at $1.6 billion with a cash option of $782.4 million for the next drawing at 10:59 p.m. on Saturday. If winners choose to take the full [...]
JACKSON, Ohio (WCMH) – A 2-year-old girl is dead after being found unresponsive in a backyard pond near Jackson. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 10300 block of Chillicothe Pike, where deputies found a woman administering CPR to the 2-year-old, who was pulled out of a [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Whitehall man has been sentenced to five months in federal prison for his role in the Capitol riot of Jan. 6, 2021. Troy Faulkner was also ordered to pay over $10,000 in restitution. He pleaded guilty to the destruction of government property in August, and six other charges were dropped [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Homicide detectives are investigating Friday after a man was found shot in the University District. Columbus police went about 7:30 a.m. to the 1600 block of North Fourth Street on a report of a shooting. Witnesses say they heard gunshots and a man yelling, followed by seeing a man crawling in [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A person is in critical condition after a reported shooting Friday morning in the University District. Columbus police responded to a call at 7:45 a.m. on a person being shot in the 1600 block of North Fourth Street. Witnesses say they heard gunshots and a man yelling, followed by seeing a [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The 2022 election is a few days away as candidates in Ohio and across the country ramp up efforts to grab those final votes before Nov. 8. The first midterm elections of this decade could see the continuation of statistical U.S. House and Senate trends and changes in Ohio that haven't [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The top home sold in Franklin County in October went for $2.2 million, and the top home in Delaware County went for $4.5 million. NBC4 analyzed daily property sale records from the Franklin and Delaware county auditor’s offices and filtered for “one family dwellings” so as not to include things like [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Former President Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign manager had a point – at least among Ohio voters – when he coined the phrase, “It’s the economy, stupid.” Since 2016, the number of voters in the Buckeye State who have tapped the economy as the No. 1 concern driving them to the ballot [...]
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: Today: Mostly sunny, breezy, high 73 Tonight: Partly cloudy, low 58 Saturday: Windy, showers later, high 75 Sunday: Slow clearing, high 72 Monday: Mostly sunny, high 70 Tuesday: Mild sunshine, high 66 FORECAST DISCUSSION: Happy Friday! We end the workweek on a beautiful note, continuing our trend of nice, mild afternoons over [...]
WAVERLY, Ohio (WCMH) -- Angela Wagner finished testifying against her son, George Wagner IV, in the Pike County massacre trial Thursday. While under cross-examination on the stand, Angela Wagner confessed to helping her family plan and cover up the killings of the Rhoden family in 2016. In exchange for her testimony, the state offered her [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - The Columbus Division of Police released body camera footage Thursday from a shootout involving police earlier in the morning. The incident, where both a man and a single Columbus police officer exchanged gunfire, happened near Parsons Avenue in the parking lot of Tee Jaye's Country Place restaurant. Responding officers found a [...]
